 Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails...  The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 2by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...a time, and opportnnity. IV. Well — well, the world mnst tnrn npon its axis, And all mankind tnrn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love, and pay onr taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift onr sails; The king commands ns, and the doctor qnacks... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife — a time, and opportunity. IV. Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust — perhaps a name. V. I said, that Juan... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...— a time, and opportnnity, Well —well, the world mnst tnrn npon its axis, And all mankind tnrn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay onr taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift onr sails; The king commands ns, and the doetor qnacks... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife — a time, and opportunity. IV. Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust, — perhaps a name. v. I said, that Juan... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 376 pages
...had hardly come to pass) A husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife—a time, and opportunity. IV. Well—well, the world must turn...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust,—perhaps a name. v. I said, that Juan... | |
 | David Wilkie - 1837 - 320 pages
...gentlemen carry home fat fowls to their dinner, till the end of the chapter. CHAPTER IV. i' * • » The world must turn upon its axis. And all mankind...And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails." BYRON. BEING in hourly expectation of a summons to embark for the city of Albany, we found it convenient... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. BYRON'S Don Juan. 16. Well, well — the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...And, as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails. BYRON'S Don Juan. 17. Who with the weight of years would wish to bend, When youth itself survives young... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...fear admits no hope of safety, then Necessity makes dastards valiant men. HERRICK. 7. Well, well — the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...die, make love, and pay our taxes And, as the veering iwind shifts, shift our sails. BYRON'S Don Juan. 8. We are the victims of its iron rule, The warm and... | |
 | John B. Coppinger - 1855 - 258 pages
...earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies. — GouWMrTH. Well, well — the earth must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with...And, as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails. — BYBOIT. Two days have elapsed since the occurrence of the dreadful tragedy which so suddenly broke... | |
 | 1852 - 356 pages
.... . SARTAIN. . 255 FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING. LADY MAKY; OR, THE PALACE AND THE COTTAGE. " Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, head or tail, And lire and die, make love and pay our taxes." BYRON. " I CANNOT but feel it deeply,... | |
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